His further personal jeremiad that "New York Days" is establishmentarian and based on celebrityhood is preposterous, purposefully ignoring the irony, and the comedy even, behind the words.

He stared at the monk long and hard, purposefully ignoring the question in the hope that the pair would further elaborate.

The series depicts that after World War II Robotman purposefully ignores his humanity, developing an inhuman mental state, focusing on being a robot.

She settled down in her command chair, purposefully ignoring the empty chair to her left.

Alvar was quite purposefully ignoring the pooled blood and the body outline in the center of the room.

He took a wide sweep back toward the west, came in purposefully ignoring the antiaircraft fire, and struck at the engine again.

She's purposefully ignoring Joey, Christine thought.

"If you give me the name of your local pharmacy I'll call you in a pre- scription," Jack said, purposefully ignoring Kim's question.

I think the White House purposefully ignored the law, because the President did not want to do the monitoring under FISA.

Shortly before the elections, Eleanor notices an error in the voting system, but the head of the company, James Hemmings, purposefully ignores her warnings.